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Medical Coding Schools

As a professor or instructor of medical coding classes at one of the 499 accredited medical coding schools in the country, you play a fundamental role in shaping the education, and, in effect, the future of this growing field. The trends in the medical coding academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below, which includes medical coding training at the following levels:

Medical Coding Certificate

Associates degree in Medical Coding

Bachelors degree in Medical Coding

Statistics

Professional Trends

National Employment growth for Medical coding professionals

164,700

165,590

168,650

170,580

176,090

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Dark Yellow: Actual Values

There were 176,090 medical coding professionals working in the US in 2010. This number has grown by 7% over the course of the past 4 years.

And the growth for all careers between the years 2006 and 2010 was 1%.

National Salary percentiles for Medical coding professionals

10th percentile

$21,240

25th percentile

$25,570

50th percentile

$32,350

75th percentile

$42,170

90th percentile

$53,430

Nationally, the median yearly salary earned by medical coding professionals was $32,350 in 2010. The national median salary for all professions, was $68,155 in the same year. Thus, the median yearly salary for medical coding professionals in the US was 49% less than the national median salary for all professions.

National Median Salary Growth For Medical Coding

$28,030

$29,290

$30,610

$31,290

$32,350

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Light Blue: Salaries

Between the years 2006 and 2010, salaries for medical coding professionals have grown by 15%.

Educational Trends

National Medical Coding Student enrollment growth by degree

436

566

922

1,414

1,266

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7,293

8,802

9,393

12,387

15,345

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Yellow: Associate's Degree in Medical Coding

Blue: Bachelor's Degree in Medical Coding

Red: Doctorates Degree in Medical Coding

Light blue: Master's Degree in Medical Coding

Grey: Certificate in Medical Coding

We are seeing a rapid change in the career outlook for medical coding professionals. And the story on the educational front is similar. In the year 2006 there were 7,729 students who graduated from medical coding degree programs across the country, while in the year 2010, there were 16,613 students graduating from medical coding schools.

Thus, in 4 years, there was a 115% growth in the number of medical coding graduates. This growth in the number of students graduating from medical coding courses is greater than the change nationally for students graduating from institutions for higher education in general, which has been a 12% growth from 2006 to 2010.

Medical Coding Programs offered Nationwide

associate

73

bachelor

1

master

0

doctor

0

Certificate

399

Total

473

It is interesting to note that as student graduation is up, the number of schools offering medical coding programs has decreased. In 2006 there were 299 medical coding schools across the nation, and in 2010, there were 499 schools.

Medical Coding Faculty Salaries

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We are in the process of collecting data for the number of medical coding faculty, growth in the field of medical coding academia and medical coding faculty salaries. This is where we need your help. If you teach medical coding courses to students at the certificate in medical coding, associates degree in medical coding, and bachelors degree in medical coding levels, please anonymously submit your information in the field below. By doing so, you will be helping us build a valuable database resource for the benefit of current and future medical coding faculty. A summary of what your peers have told us up until now will be available once you submit your information.